Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 4676, Casper Fulmer, Continental (Penn.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (Penn.)
Fulmer, Casper
W. 4676
Mary
CONTENTS

1911 Pennsylvania
Mary Palmer - widow of Casper Palmer -
with that in the 1819 of Phil a Co. in the State of Penn s who was a Pa l ang in the Com ty of Penn s commanded by Eugene D. D. in the of the of the by Col. Thomas in the Pa l has for two years.
Instituted on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 150 Dollars - Fees, per annum, is announced on the 5th day of March, 1838.
First Session of Penn s held the 7 th day of Apr l 1838 and sent to Hon W m Beatty H. R.
Amount to the 5th of March 1838 $708. Dues - annual allowance - July 4 Sep 28 50
$750
(Revolutionary Class, Act July 2, 1836, Section the 3 d )
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk Book A Vol. 2 Page 139
Sept 30 th April 1838 Hon C. Naylor Same, May 30, 1838

Apr 5.
Wickham
Gen. att.
Good pay
Many friends
admitted R
Comp. 100 -
Hon.
Wm. Beatty H.R.

Apr 5.
William
Smith
admitted
Clary Smith
admitted P.
Aug. 180 -
Hon.
Wm. Beatty H.R.

Pennsylvania Phila d County } ss
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do Certify that John Davis Esq. before whom the with- in affidavit was taken and by whom the within Certificate was made and given who in his own proper hand writing has therunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is one of the Justices of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified to all whose acts in such full Faith and Credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Indictature as where out.
In Testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Phila d the 3 d day of April 1838.
Robert Morris Prothon.

State of Pennsylvania } ss Philadelphia County. }
Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia Personally appeared Elizabeth Andres who being duly sworn according to law doth depose and say that she is the Daughter of Casper and Mary Fulmer, that her Mother Mary Fulmer has been blind upward of Seventeen years, and that the papers of the said Mary Fulmer together with her Family Bible where her Children's ages was recorded and her Marriage Certificate has been destroyed, lost or mislaid, and that she this deponent has made due search for the same but they cannot be found. Sworn to and subscribed } Elizabeth Andres before me the 20 th day } of March A D 1838 }
Geo. S. Lewis Justice of the Peace
I do certify that Elizabeth Andres the subscribing Witness to the above affidavit is a respectable woman and that her testimony is entitled to full credit and belief
Geo. S. Lewis

Given under my hand and the seal of the said Court this 22nd day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight
Elias Gifford
Dear Cousin
Given under my hand and the seal of the United States District Court of the Southern District of California this 10th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine and of the Independence of the United States the eleventh. By me, Elias G. Loomis Clerk.

copy of the said Deed of Gift of William Penn and that the attestation of the said Clara Giffeyson Prothonotary Public is to the form and substance of the Prothonotary's Office and form annexed hereto and by law is valid with same.
In Witness whereof the said Clara Giffeyson has hereunto set her hand the Seventh day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight.
Then for  Prothonotary
Prothonotary Bucks County Pa
I Clara Giffeyson  Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the Prothonotary's Office is the Common Pleas Prothonotary's Office of the Common Pleas Prothonotary's Office of the Common Pleas Prothonotary's Office of the Common Pleas
In Witness whereof the said Clara Giffeyson has hereunto set her hand the Seventh day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight.
In Witness whereof the said Clara Giffeyson has hereunto set her hand the Seventh day of March A.D. One thousand eight hundred and fifty eight.
Clara Giffeyson  Prothonotary

V2289 18
Mary Fulmer Casper
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Joshua Moore Philadelphia

State of Pennsylvania County of Philadelphia
On this twenty ninth day of April A.D. 1837, personally appeared before me a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Philadelphia Mary Fulmer a resident of the district of the Northern Liberties in the County and State aforesaid aged Seventy five years who being first duly affirmed according to Law doth on her solemn affirmation make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4, 1836 that she is the widow of Casper Fulmer who was a Soldier in the American Revolution that he enlisted in the year 1780 in General Armonds Regiment and served in Captain Bedkins Troop of horse until the war closed in 1783. That he was at the battle of York Town and other engagements. at the end of the war he received his discharge which was a long time in the hands of affiant but has recently been lost or mislaid and that he resided in the County of Philadelphia when he enlisted. and she further declares that she was married to the said Casper Fulmer in the year 1781 and that due search has been made for her marriage record which cannot be found but is supposed to be destroyed by fire she further states that her husband the said Casper Fulmer died in the month of May in the year 1814 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully by reference to the proof hereto annexed she further states that she makes this declaration before me a Judge of the Court on account of her inability to appear in open Court, and I the said Judge do hereby certify that the said affiant is not able to appear in open Court in consequence of her bodily infirmity
Affirmed to Subscribed before me at the House of Affiant as she being unable on account of bodily infirmity to appear in Court
Isaac Randall
Judge Com Pleas Phila County
her Mary K. Fulmer mark

Philadelphia County ss
I, Robert Morris, Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County do certify that the Honorable Archibald Randall before whom the within Declaration was made on affirmation and who has thereunto subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and still is one of the Judges of the said Court duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this 12 th day of July A.D. 1837
Robert Morris Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania } County of Philadelphia }
Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace and Alderman in and for the County of Philadelphia personally appeared Susan Crook who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath depose and say that she is personally acquainted with Mary Fulmer named in the annexed declaration that she knew her at the time of her marriage with Casper Fulmer and that she was lawfully married to the said Casper Fulmer in the year seventeen hundred and eighty one that after their marriage the said Casper Fulmer was out in the Revolutionary War and served in Armonds Regiment until the close of the war and that she the said Mary Fulmer remained his lawful wife until the death of the said Casper Fulmer which happened in the month of May in the year eighteen hundred and fourteen and that she the said Mary Fulmer has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Casper Fulmer as she states in the annexed declaration
Sworn and subscribed this 10 th day of July A.D. 1837
before me J. M. BRAW
Justice of the Peace & Alderman
Her Susan X Crook mark
I do hereby certify that I have known the above named deponent for many years and that she is a lady of respectability and entitled to full credit and belief
J. M. BRAW
Justice of the Peace & Alderman

Philadelphia County ss
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County do certify that John Shaw Esq r before whom the witness deposition was taken and by whom the cer- tificate was given was at the time of so doi- ng and still is an Alderman of the County of Philadelphia and Ex officio Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and cre- dit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court at Phil- adelphia this 12 th day of July A.D. 1837
Robert Morris Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania } County of Philadelphia }
Before me the subscriber an Alderman and Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia personally appeared Eleanor Walters who being first duly affirmed according to Law doth on her solemn affirmation declare and say that she is personally acquainted with Mary Fulmer named in the annexed declaration that she knew her at the time of her marriage with Casper Fulmer and that she was lawfully married to the said Casper Fulmer in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one, and that after their marriage the said Casper Fulmer was out in the Revolutionary war and served until the war ended deponent further states that the said Casper Fulmer died in the year Eighteen Hundred and fourteen and that she the said Mary Fulmer has remained his widow ever since the death of her husband the said Casper Fulmer as she states in the annexed declaration
Affirmed and subscribed This 6 th day of July 1837 before me
her Eleanor Walters Mark
W. B. BARN
I do hereby certify that I have known the above named deponent for many years and that she is a lady of respectability and entitled to full confidence as a witness
W. B. BARN Justice of the Peace and Alderman

Philadelphia County ss.
J. Robert Morris
Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County do hereby certify that John Shaw Esq. before whom the within deposition was taken and by whom the Certificate was given was at the time of so doing and still is an Alderman of the County of Philadelphia and Ex Officio Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of said Court at Philadelphia this 12 th day of July A.D. 1837
J. Robert Morris Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania County of Philadelphia
Before me the subscriber an Alderman and ex officio Justice of the peace in and for the City of Philadelphia personally appeared Mary Meyers who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her solemn oath depose and say that she is person- ally acquainted with Mary Pulmer named in the annexed declaration that she knew her at the time of her marriage with Casper Pulmer and that she was lawfully married to the said Casper Pulmer in the year Seventeen Hundred and eighty one that after their marriage the said Casper Pulmer was out in the Revolutionary War and served in Capt Bedkins Company in Genl Armond's Regiment until the close of the war deponent further states that the said Casper Pulmer died in the month of May in the year eighteen Hundred and fourteen and that she the said Mary Pulmer has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Casper Pulmer as she states in her annexed declaration
Sworn & subscribed before me this 29 th June 1837 Andrew Geiger
for Mary A Meyers mark
I certify that I have known Mary Meyers for a number of years and entitled to full faith to what she has deponed to above
Andrew Geiger June 29. 1837

Philadelphia County ss
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County do certify that Andrew Geyer Esq. before whom the within Deposi- tion was taken and by whom the Certificate was given was at the time of so doing and Still is an Alderman of the City of Philadel- phia and Ex Officio Justice of the Peace Duly Commissioned and qualified to all whose Acts as such full faith and Credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Jurisdiction as Elsewhere
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court at Philadel- phia this 12 th day of July A.D. 1857
Robert Morris Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania } ss County of Philadelphia }
Before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia personally appeared Eleanor Walter aged Seventy seven years a resident of the District of the Northern Liberties in the County of Philadelphia and State aforesaid who being duly affirmed according to law doth declare and say that she has been personally acquainted with Mary Fulmer from her Youth up to the present time That she knew her when she was married to Casper Fulmer that to the best of her knowledge and belief the said Casper Fulmer and the said Mary Walter were married on the Fifteenth day of March in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one and that they went to Bristol in the County of Bucks in the State of Pennsylvania and were married by John Clark Esq. a Justice of the Peace of that place That she this Deponent saw Casper Fulmer shortly after they were married and that he was then a soldier in the Revolutionary Army and attached to Armond's Regiment, That after he was discharged from the Army on the disbanding of the same he the said Casper Fulmer and his Wife Mary Fulmer lived together in lawful wedlock neighbours to this Deponent until the death of the said Casper Fulmer, That they had nine Children born in lawful wedlock and that the said Mary Fulmer is now in very destitute Circumstances and has been entirely blind for a number of years, That she is still the Widow of the said Casper Fulmer and her remaining unmarried ever since the death of the said Casper Fulmer her Husband, and further Deponent saith not.
affirmed to and subscribed before me the Seventeenth day of January AD 1838 G. H. Dews J. P.
Eleanor nee Walter mark
I certify that Eleanor Walter the subscribing Witness to the above deposition is an old and respectable Lady and is entitled to full faith and confidence as a Witness
G. H. Dews

Pennsylvania Philadelphia County
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do Certify that John Sams Esq before whom the within affidavit was made and by whom the within Certificate was made and given and whom this own proper hand and Writing has thereto severally subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is one of the Justices of the said in and for the County of Philadelphia and duly Commissioned and qualified to all whose acts such full faith and Credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Andicate as at there out.
In testimony whereof I have thereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Philadelphia this 17th day of January A.D. 1838.
Robert Morris

State of Pennsylvania } County of Philadelphia } ss
Before me an Alderman and Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia personally appeared Mary Myers aged Seventy Nine who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose and say that she was personally acquainted with Mary Fulmer in her youth and that she was married to Casper Fulmer she believes on the fifteenth day of March in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one by John Clark Esq. of the Borough of Bristol in the County of Bucks in the State aforesaid that the said Casper Fulmer was the deponents brother and that he the said Casper Fulmer was a Soldier in Armonds Regiment of the Revolutionary war at the time he was married to the said Mary Fulmer and that she saw the said Mary Fulmer with her husband at the deponents Fathers House shortly after they were married that after the said Casper Fulmer was discharged from the Army in 1783 he and his wife the said Mary Fulmer lived together and had nine Children born in lawful wedlock and that the said Mary Fulmer is now in very destitute circumstances and has been entirely blind for a number of years and has remained his widow ever since the death of her husband the said Casper Fulmer
Sworn & Submitted before me this 16 day of January A.D. 1838 Andrew Hughes
her Mary Myers Mark
I do hereby certify that I have known the above named deponent for a number of years and that she is highly respectable old Lady and entitled to full faith and confidence as a witness
Andrew Hughes

Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County } ss.
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do Certi- fy that Andrew Leyer Esq. before whom the within Affida- vit was made and by whom the within Certificate was made and given and who in his own proper hand Writing has thereunto severally subscribed his name at the time of so doing and now is an alderman for the City of Philadelphia and is a Justice of the Peace duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts as such full faith and Credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Indictment as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Philadelphia this 17th day of January A.D. 1838.
Robert Morris Prothon.

State of Pennsylvania } County of Philadelphia }
On this sixteenth day of January A.D 1838 personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia Susan Googly who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath depose and say that she was personally acquainted with Mary Fulmer at the time she was married to Casper Fulmer that Casper Fulmer was the deponents Brother and at the time of his marriage was a Soldier in the Revolutionary war and attached to Armonds Regiment and that he come from Camp and took Mary Roberts now Mary Fulmer and went to John Clarks Esq a Justice of Peace in the Borough of Bristol in the County of Bucks State aforesaid and was married on the fifteenth day of March in the year Seventeen Hundred and Eighty One and that they returned to the deponents Fathers house and the said Mary Fulmer had in her possession a marriage Certificate Certified and signed by the said Esq Clark and twelve other witnesses which the deponent saw deponent further saith that the said Mary Fulmer lived at her Fathers House until the said Casper Fulmer was discharged from the Army in Seventeen Hundred and Eighty three and that they then went to house keeping and lived together in lawfull wedlock until the decease of the said Casper Fulmer and the said Mary Fulmer had nine Children by her husband the said Casper Fulmer and that the said Mary Fulmer is now in very destitute circumstances and has been entirely blind for a number of years and has remained his widow ever since the death of her husband the said Casper Fulmer and the deponent further saith that she is Seventy two years of age I sworn to and subscribed before me
Susan his X Googly mark
[Handwritten signature: J. P. [?]]

I do hereby certify that the above named deponent is a highly respectable old lady and is entitled to full faith and confidence as a witness
[Signature] Justice of the peace
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia County
Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do Certify that John Shaw Esq. before whom the within affidavit was made and before whom the above Certificate was made and given up who has therein to his own proper hand subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is one of the Justices of the Peace for said County duly commissioned and qualified to all intents and purposes full faith and credit are used ought to be given as well in Courts of Judicature as elsewhere.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Philadelphia this 17th day of January A.D. 1838.
[Signature] Prothonotary

State of Pennsylvania County of Philadelphia
Before me John Laws one of the Justices of the Peace in and for the County of Philadelphia and State aforesaid Personally appeared Mary Fulmer of the said County aged Seventy Six years and being duly sworn according to Law doth depose and say that she was married to Casper Fulmer on the Fifteenth day of March in the year Seventeen hundred and eighty one by John Clark Esq a Justice of the Peace at the Borough of Bristol in the County of Bucks and State aforesaid and that her husband the said Casper Fulmer was at the time of their marriage a Soldier in Ammons Regiment in the Revolutionary War that he came from Camp and that she this Deponent and the said Casper Fulmer to- gether with several witnesses went to the said Esquire Clarks office and were lawfully joined together in wedlock in the presence of twelve respectable Witnesses, and that the said Esquire Clark gave her this Deponent a Certificate of Marriage, attested and signed by the said Esquire as well as the said twelve Witnesses, and that she this Deponent has since lost or mislaid the said Certificate and cannot find the same and that the twelve Witnesses aforesaid are all since deceased to the best of her knowledge and belief Deponent further saith that after her marriage with the said Casper Fulmer she went to the house of her Husbands Father, and resided there until the her Husband the said Casper Fulmer was discharged from the Army and came home in the year Seven- teen hundred and eighty three, and that they lived together until the said Casper Fulmer died and that she this Deponent had nine children by the said Casper Fulmer, and that she this Deponent has since the death of her Husband Casper Fulmer remained a Widow and unmarried, and further Deponent saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day of January A.D. 1838
Jno Laws Justice of the Peace
Mary Fulmer mark
I certify that Mary Fulmer the subscribing Witness above named is an old and highly respectable lady and worthy of full credit
Jno Laws

Pennsylvania Philadelphia County } ss.
I Robert Morris Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County Do Certify that John Lawide fore whom the within affidavit was made and by whom the within cer- tificate was made and given and who has thereunto in his own proper hand writing severally subscribed his name was at the time of so doing and now is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and qualified to all whose acts such full faith and credit are and ought to be given as well in Courts of Judica- ture as there out.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court at Philadelphia this 17th January A.D. 1838.
Robert Morris Prothonotary
2289 3123

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
May 20, 1925.
Mrs. Bertha E. Powers 210 S. Shilling Ave Blackfoot, Idaho
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 4676 , it appears that Casper Fulmer , whose date and place of birth are not given, while residing in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, enlisted in 1780 and served as a private in Captain Bedkin's Troop of Horse in Colonel Armand's Corps, he was in the battle of Yorktown and other skirmishes around there and served until in 1783.
He died in May 1814.
Soldier married March 15, 1781 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Mary Roberts. She was allowed pension on her application executed April

29, 1837, while a resident of Northern Liberties District, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-five years.
They had nine children, only name stated being Elizabeth Andres, who was alive in 1838.
Respectfully,
WILDER S. METCALF Commissioner.

ms. 26 ap. 30 321
Free Charles Taylor m. fc
J. L. Edwards Esq. Com of Pensions Washington D.C.

House of Reps U States.
Washington April 28. 1838.
Dear Sir,
Will you please answer the enquiry contained in the inclosed letter and transmit your answer and the letter to me? Your attention to it will oblige Very Truly Yrs
Charles Mayton
21
J. L. Edwards } Com. of Pensions }

House of Rept Jany 26 th 1838
Hon J. L. Edwards
Dear Sir
The inclosed papers have been forwarded to me, with a request to have them sent to your Office
Yours truly L. Riles

Mark Palmer- Peninsular
Suspended
See letter 8 th
Aug 1837 I. 9
Moor. let 29 Janus 1838 Wm L. Reitz

210 S. Shilling Ave. Blackfoot, Idaho, March 16, 1925.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
I am endeavoring to trace my ancestry from one Casper Fulmer who served as a private in Capt. Bedkin's Second Troop of the First Partisan Legion, May 1st, 1780, Commanded by Colonel Armand.
If Casper Fulmer appears on your records as a Revolutionary Pensioner will you kindly give me such data as you may have concerning him. I particularly desire the following:
(1) Place of his birth; (2) Date of his birth; (3) Date of his death;
If your pension records disclose the foregoing I would like to be advised.
Very respectfully,
Bertha Early Powers

1925-May 20 H.W. to Brother A. Powers and
Rev. WIDOW, &c.
File No. 4676
Mary Fulmina Wid. Casper Fulmina Bro. Rev. Am.
Act: July 29/86, Supt.
Index:—Vol. 4 , Page 258
[Arrangement of 1870.]

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Fulmer, George GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7133 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED April 21, 1791 to Hendrick Tyser, assignee.
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.